These are just some of the parts cleaned up and ready for the plater. The tool box latch was bent and broken so it needed to be fixed before it went of for a fresh coat of nickel. It came out pretty nice.
I could not be happier with how the plating came out! Most parts on a 31 that are plated are nickel but Indian was in the very early stages of using some chrome. With the help of the 101 association shop manual I was able to determine what few parts needed to be chrome for this year. Here are a few examples of the finished plating work.
I was pretty amazed at how the dash came together. Here are some before and after pictures of the instrument cluster. If you look back through the blog you will see some pictures of pulling these parts apart and fixing them.
Found an amazing piece of leather at the leather shop and had a local leather worker make up some cable covers for me. I ended up having to purchase the entire hide so I think I have a nice leather project in my future. Maybe some saddlebags.
1931 Indian 101 Scout Rebuild 
Lovely detailing, Can’t wait to see it running in a video!
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Thanks Carl-Erik. For the nice comments and the help over at the 101 association. I don’t want to jump to far ahead with the blog but I have been riding it quite allot. It runs and rides better than I ever expected! Finished pics and videos should be up soon.
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